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Preface
Introduction, Dramatis Personae, and Chapters in the Vessantara Jātaka, by Steven Collins
1. Readers in the Maze: Modern Debates About the Vessantara Story in Thailand, by Louis Gabaude
2. Emotions and Narrative: Excessive Giving and Ethical Ambivalence in the Lao Vessantara Jātaka, by Patrice Ladwig
3. Blissfully Buddhist and Betrothed: Marriage in the Vessantara Jātaka and Other South and Southeast Asian Buddhist Narratives, by Justin Mc Daniel
4. Jājaka as Trickster: The Comedic Monks of Northern Thailand, by Katherine Bowie
5. Narration in the Vessantara Painted Scrolls of Northeast Thailand and Laos, by Leedom Lefferts and Sandra Cate
6. A Man for All Seasons: Three Vessantaras in Premodern Myanmar, by Lilian Handlin
7. Vessantara Opts Out: Newar Versions of the Tale of the Generous Prince, by Christoph Emmrich
Index
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Steven Collins is Chester D. Tripp Professor in the Humanities at the University of Chicago, where he teaches in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and in the Divinity School. His books includeSelfless Persons: Imagery and Thought in Theravada Buddhism and
Nirvana and Other Buddhist Felicities: Utopias of the Pali Imaginaire.